In addition to its majors in Russian and Ukrainian (see Slavic studies), the department offers a minor sequence in Russian studies comprising subjects on Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet literature, culture and society which have no language prerequisite or corequisite. The minor can be taken in one of two ways, (a) or (b).
(a) At first and second year
Students take RSS1010 (Soviet literature and culture) and RSS1020 (Post-Soviet literature and culture), and then two of the following subjects: RSS2090 (Russian 19th century literature and society), SLA2170 (Belief and perception) and SLA2530 (Modernism).
(b) At second and third year
Students take RSS2010 (Soviet literature and culture) and RSS2020 (Post-Soviet literature and culture) followed by at least 12 points at third-year level selected from RSS3090 (Russian 19th century literature and society), SLA3170 (Belief and perception), SLA3530 (Modernism), SLA3810 (Comparative drama of the twentieth century), SLA3830 (Soviet structuralism and semiotics), RUS3410 (Tolstoy and Dostoevsky) and SLA3910 (The novel in Eastern Europe). Not all of these subjects will be available in any given year. Subjects with SLA and RUS prefixes are described under Slavic studies.
First-year level
* RSS1010 Soviet literature and culture
* RSS1020 Post-Soviet literature and culture
Second-year level
* RSS2010 Soviet literature and culture
* RSS2020 Post-Soviet literature and culture
* RSS2090 Russian 19th century literature and society
* SLA2530 Modernism
Third-year level
* RSS3090 Russian 19th century literature and society
* RUS3410 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky: discourse of experience and alterity (not offered in 1995)
* SLA3170 Belief and perception (not offered in 1995)
* SLA3530 Modernism
* SLA3810 Comparative drama of the twentieth century
* SLA3830 Soviet structuralism and semiotics
* SLA3910 The novel in Eastern Europe